Chess only appeals to quite a small minority. It does not have the cachet of a mainstream popular sport.

Some people think that if their opponent plays a beautiful game, it's OK to lose. I don't. You have to be merciless.

You need to have that edge, you need to have that confidence, you need to have that absolute belief that you're - you're the best and you'll win every time.

What I admired most about him [Bobby Fischer] was his ability to make what was in fact so difficult look easy to us. I try to emulate him.

Without the element of enjoyment, it is not worth trying to excel at anything.

You have to choose the move that feels right sometimes; that's what intuition is.

I am trying to beat the guy sitting across from me and trying to choose the moves that are most unpleasant for him and his style.

Maybe if I didn't have the talent in chess I'd find the talent in something else. The only thing I know is that I have talent in chess, and I'm satisfied with that.

I don't think there is a thing like overconfidence in chess. It's always better to be too confident than too reluctant.

People ask what my goal is. I don't have a goal.

When you have fun then you're more interested in learning.

Look forward, in the direction of sunshine.

Today's sufferings will be the pleasure of future success.

Peace is everyone’s birthright.

Men who get on well with women are usually those who know how to get on without them.

I have dined with kings, I've been offered wings. And I've never been too impressed.

I'm good at what I do.

Women aren't trying to do too much. Women have too much to do.

Lost in the barrage of images and self-serving analysis are the economic and social causes of the conflict.

When I'm not working on the ground, spending time with my husband and daughter puts me at ease.

I try not to have regrets and to learn from every experience.